Chen Shujian stretched out his hand to help up this strangely behaved Shu Han envoy, and looked at him, if he hadn't seen it before, and had talked to him, I'm afraid Chen Shujian wouldn't believe that the person in front of him was the high-spirited envoy who used to be:

"Xu Shanxin?"

"Death to the minister!" Xu Shanxin's voice was already crying.

Chen Shujian subconsciously looked at Chen Shushen, Chen Shushen sighed, don't look over. And Uncle Chen smiled bitterly: "What are you guilty of, it is the court that has failed you, and there is nothing wrong with what you have done." ”

Xu Shanxin was the envoy sent to Bashu by Nan Chen, firstly, to represent the will of the imperial court, and secondly, to act as an envoy for intermediate communication, but in the end he was just a person after all, Li Xinchen was already the king of grass in Bashu that no one could control, what could Xu Shanxin do as a scholar? So when Li Xinchen rebelled, this nominal envoy of Nanchen naturally became a prisoner.

Just when the Nan Chen court was about to forget about this sacrifice that was thrown out at the beginning, he actually came back in such an identity, and more importantly, looking at his haggard expression, you can know that this person is still looking for Nan Chen!

Thinking of this, Chen Shujian and Chen Shushen were both heartbroken.

How many loyal people are not appreciated, but it is villains like Mr. Jiang and Kong Fan who play with the government!

"Xu Qing's house sit," Chen Shujian personally led Xu Shanxin to sit down in the city tower, "Since Li Xinchen asked you to come, there must be something to say." ”

Xu Shanxin nodded: "Contacting Li Xinchen was originally a subordinate mission. Li Xinchen asked his subordinates to come back, which was to show his sincerity, and he wanted to ······"

Chen Shujian and Chen Shushen looked at it together.

Swallowing and foaming, Xu Shanxin smiled bitterly and said, "He wants the two highnesses to withdraw from Xiangzhou." ”

Chen Shujian frowned slightly, and Chen Shushen hesitated for a moment before asking, "Then are there any other conditions?" ”

"No," Xu Shanxin hurriedly replied, "Li Xinchen said that most of the inner city is the old department of the two highnesses, if it is damaged here, I am afraid that the two highnesses will not be able to bear it, not to mention that this small inner city is no longer important to the entire Jingnan situation, the two highnesses should know in their hearts, leaving at this time there are still soldiers and horses in hand, otherwise the jade will be burn······ed."

His expression became more and more solemn, and Chen Shujian didn't say a word. And Uncle Chen muttered: "Withdrawing from Xiangzhou is equivalent to giving up the entire Jingnan ······"

Everyone knows this reason, Xiangzhou to the front line of public security is the Jingzhou defense line carefully built by Nan Chen, shielding the west, and now the public security area has collapsed, Jiangling has become an isolated city, if even Xiangzhou also falls into the hands of Li Xinchen, then the state capitals of Jingnan south of the river and west of Xiangshui will no longer wait and see the direction of the wind.

Now Tianmen, Wuling, Yuanling and other places close to the public security have changed their flags, but most of these places have become places similar to the original Bashu because of the perennial wars, and what the imperial court can govern is actually more than ten miles around the city, so it is not fearful that these places will fall into the hands of Li Xinchen.

At the beginning, the four counties of Jingnan, Wuling, Lingling, Guiyang and Changsha, of which Wuling and Lingling in the west were actually far inferior to Changsha and Guiyang in the east, which were located in river valleys and plains, so Liu Bei had actually expressed great sincerity when he ceded the two eastern counties of Jingnan to Sun Quan.

Now the same is true, once Xiangzhou falls into the hands of Li Xinchen, then it means that Hengyang, Liling, Xiangdong and other places on the south side of Xiangzhou are difficult to hold, these places have long been used as the rear of Xiangzhou's defense line, because of the proximity to Xiangshui, rich in products, and there are not many soldiers and horses stationed, even if the local officials are still loyal to Nan Chen, Li Xinchen only needs to send a partial division, I am afraid that the entire rich eastern Jingnan can be included in his hands.

But if you don't withdraw from Xiangzhou, it doesn't seem to make any sense, the imperial court has no strength to rescue Xiangzhou so far, and it is already good to be able to arrange a second line of defense in the area of Jiangnan and Ganzhou, Chen Shujian's persistence here seems to represent nothing except for an attitude that represents the Nanchen court.

Even now, with the surrender of more and more state capitals, the attitude of the Nanchen court has no symbolic meaning, everyone sees that Xiangzhou and Jiangling are already two isolated cities, and they are outcasts on the chessboard in this world, and it is only a matter of time before Li Xinchen holds them in his hands.

Especially Li Xinchen's attack on Xiangzhou City and the huge momentum of the warehouse just now, he was telling Chen Shujian that Li Xinchen was not afraid of sacrifice.

"Li Xinchen wants time, we want soldiers and horses······" Uncle Chen smiled bitterly, "This is indeed a very cost-effective business." ”

"This is not the first time Li Xinchen has done this," Chen Shushen has studied this opponent well since he took office, "He used this method to make a deal with Wei Xiaokuan, Wei Xiaokuan withdrew from Shuzhong, and Li Xinchen let him save the soldiers and horses." I have to admit that if it weren't for this army, I'm afraid Yang Jian would have been unable to hold on now. ”

Chen Shujian muttered: "But you and I, a king of Changsha and a king of Yueyang, now these two places have to be handed over." ”

Chen Shushen grabbed Chen Shujian's wrist: "Brother, when has this been, what's the use of saying this!" The battle situation in Xiangzhou has been eroded, and it is useless for us to defend here, rather than die here, it is better to retreat these soldiers to the next line of defense, at least we can use this as a basis to continue to deal with Li Xinchen! ”

If people lose their land, they can regain it; If the land is lost, then the land is empty. What's more, holding on to such an inner city now doesn't mean that this place is preserved, most of the Southern Chen troops outside the city have surrendered, even if the thousands of soldiers in the inner city are all elites under Chen Shujian's command, how long can they hold out?

Chen Shujian bowed slightly, and his eyes fell on Xu Shanxin: "Xu Qing's family, I'm afraid I have to wronged you······"

Xu Shanxin gritted his teeth and got up: "Loyalty to the court is originally the duty of subordinates!" ”

He was originally an envoy, and at this time, for the sake of the survival of Nanchen Sheji, he couldn't take care of it so much. It's a big deal to martyr the court with this body, and it can be regarded as fulfilling his loyalty.

And Chen Shujian's gaze subconsciously drifted to the northwest. Li Xinchen raided Xiangzhou, so that the Yingzhou area was also attacked by the enemy, I am afraid that Chen Huiji, the assassin of Jingzhou, will not be able to hold on, and is ready to retreat, but Jiangling City, which has been completely cut off from retreating, has lost any chance to get reinforcements this time······

When this king leaves like this, he is really a great general!